Author: Dann Corbit
Date: 15:33:24 01/11/01
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On January 11, 2001 at 18:13:39, Peter Kasinski wrote: [snip] >Agreed then. By the way, doesn't this thread confirm a unique role of mr. Hyatt >in this field? Hasn't he consistently enriched both: the scientific pursuit and >entertainment in computer chess? I mean it the nicest possible way. For this reason, crafty will always be my favorite program. There are many others who enrich the field of chess programming and all of them are important. Simple programs for others to learn from: * Tom Kerrigan's TSCP -- the first program every beginner should look at. * John Stanback's SCP -- the face that launched a thousand programs (I see it's influence in almost all programs in one way or another) * Christopher Bowron's BACE -- a very simple program that is nicely documented and shows exactly how programs learn. * Adrien Regimbald's FAILE -- mother to Sjeng. ;-) Intermediate programs that half the planet has scrutinized: Both versions of GnuChess (Chua Kong-Sian & Stuart Cracraft/John Stanback) If TSCP and SCP are not the most emulated programs on the planet, then these programs might be another contender. Programs showing advanced ideas: * GCP's Sjeng -- many (including clever extensions) * Dusan Dobe's Phalanx -- brialliant search and evaluation terms * Robert Hyatt's Crafty -- The most advanced chess program on the planet for which source code is available. The engine is definitely of commercial quality. * Thorsten Greiner's Amy -- clearest version of NegaScout that I have ever seen * Carlos del Cacho's Pepito -- Another NegaScout program with many advanced techniques that will be a boon to Sanish speaking programmers. Learning algorithms: Sjeng ExChess (Dan Homan) Chessterfield (Matthias Lüscher) BACE (mentioed above) Crafty (book and position learning) The list goes on and on. The number of programmers I have slighted with my brief list is far greater than the number that I have praised, but I am far too lazy to credit them all right now.
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